Wealth management

The new open architecture platform will minimize the “swivel chair experience” for advisors.

The legislation nullifies a strategy that previously allowed heirs to stretch an inherited account's tax-deferred growth based on their life expectancy.

The fast-growing firm now has more than 100 brokers.

"The more objective you can make things, the better it will be," an expert says.

The firm is “looking to aggressively compete” by lowering and simplifying the fees on its advisory platforms, a top executive says.

The firm expects shareholders will save an estimated $3.2 million, annually.

The firm plans to focus on raising money for products that lock up capital for several years, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

“The amount of capital available to this industry is small relative to the size of the need,” says one new lender.

Mainstays of the sector like Commonwealth, Cambridge and Northwestern Mutual are contributing to it, but smaller firms are also driving change.

The regional BD opened its third new location in Texas this year.

Executives say the race to zero in fund fees and improvements in data and analytics are among the top issues impacting asset management.

A young advisor put her faith in letters and numbers until a client set her straight.

“I think we forget what it was like when we were the associates,” says one firm’s co-owner.

High-AUM RIAs at TD Ameritrade’s Elite LINC tell how they grew their firms when they were starting out.

For First Republic, “the pain index is likely somewhere between excruciating and traumatic,” says one expert. But few realize how much the bank got for its money.

The firm had cut back on hiring efforts in 2016, citing exorbitant costs.

How to solve the financial planning industry’s diversity problem.

Firms that generate 75.5% profit margins are hiring, buying and automating, according to FA Insight.

Concerns arose when the SEC first proposed its package of regulations. Instead of addressing these worries, the agency just codified them.